Te Puia is home to the Maori Cultural Centre plus it also has Thermal Valley where you can see pools of boiling mud and huge geysers.
We took a tour of the area with the guide explaiing all about the history (the full name is Te Whakarewarewatanga o te ope tau a Wahiao) and stories about the thermal valley.
After the tour we saw a Maori concert featuring a traditional welcome followed by songs and dances.
Afterwards we returned to thermal valley, stopping in at the Kiwi House where we saw two of the strange endangered birds. The mud pools were great - they make a fantastic bubbling noise although they smell a bit. The best thing was the amazing Pohutu Geyser which shoots steaming hot water up to 3o metres into the air.
We were the last people to leave at 5pm - when we started our 4 hour drive to our holiday home at Whitianga.
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Hi Guys It's been fun finding out what you have been doing! thanks for the postcard, hope you are having a brilliant time. Missing you. Abbey x
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